Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-05

and not crowd of half starved pau
pers. It is customary for these inn
migrants to deposit goodly sum in
the bank the first thing and no better
recommend as to their desirability
could be given. 1t not only shows
that they can live until the sage brush
lands begin to give returns for their
labor, but also shows that they been
thrifty and prosperous back east
That is the kind of immigration we
want out here-sober, steady, thrifty,
hard working tillers of the soil. They
are the class of men that snake the
desert bloom as the rose"
Green River News-A silver brick
worth about $1,000 and weighing
some ninety pounds, expressed over
the Short Line, mysteriously disap-
peared during the transfer at this
place on the evening of the 18th. The
matter was kept quiet at the time and
further developments awaited. The
suspense, however, was not of long
duration, as ON the 18th the missing
article was accidental found by work
men in the company's ice-house, hid
den down under the saw-dust Who
the scoundel is who puloined this val
liable piece is not yet positively
known, nor is it known what object
he could have had in so doing, as
it would be next to impossible to dis
pose such an article to advantage
without being detected. 1t is thought
by many that some ''smart" individual
did the deed with the hope that its
disappearance would cause trouble
for some of the company's employees
Keystone-No removal made by
7. j. Potter, the new manager of the
Union Pacific, will be more keenly
felt and more generally regretted than
that of Hoyt Sherman, Jr, from the
office of general passenger agent Mr..
Sherman has been an interchangeable
worker in the interest of the road,
and while official decapitation has
marked the progress of manager Pot
ter on all sides since he assumed the
reins of power, no one seemed dis
turbed over the possibilities of Mr..
Sherman's displacement. He was re-
garded as too valuable an officer in
his particular field of duty to be dis
pensed with, but his scalp with dozens
of others hangs from the belt of the
new railroad autocrat. 1t is reported
that MIR. Sherman may likely be ap-
pointed to a more responsible posi-.
ton in the company's service, which
if true would certainly be highly
gratifying to his many friends in this
portion of the territory.
i Cassia County Times-0ne of the
most destructive fires visited this
section this week that we have vel
been called upon to record. About
3 o'clock last Wednesday the alarm
was sounded on our streets and in ar
instant men were on horseback ant
in wagons spuring, whipping anC
hurrying in the direction of Jas. Snod
grass residence, about mile and {
half below town, where was the scene
of the confagration. Some thirty o.
forty men were soon on the ground
but the flames had gained such head
way that it was impossible to render
any assistance whatever toward say
ing the building or its contents, anC
the large residence of Mr.. Snodgrass
together with all its furniture, bed
ding, pictures, books, etc., the accu
mutation of fifteen years housekeep
ing, soon lie in a smouldering mas.
of ashes. The blow is severe on,
to Mr.. Snodgrass, leaving himself ant
family without an extra stitch to theil
backs just on the eve of the colo
pangs of winter. The loss will foo
up in the neighborhood of 81, 900 with
not cent of insurance.
The fire originated through young
Grover Cleveland, the three-year-olC
son of Mr.. Snodgrass, who in hi:
childish innocence touched a lighted
match to some loose papers in tht
: bed room, and in moments time thC
: whole inside of the building was il
flames. Mrs Snodgrass, instead o.
fainting and keeling over at the frs
impulse of danger, bravely rushed in
! to the burning room and grasped hel
: sleeping infant to her bosom will
one arm and with the other she gath
: cred up young Cleveland and fec
from the room with the smile of {
, heroine playing over her countenanc,